Sunday Snapshot 6

It's the middle of winter.
It's a beautiful sunny morning, but I figure the birds think
that it's too cold for a dip in the estuary...

 

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Sunday Snapshot 4

Two days to go until the shortest day!

our beach, June 21st (midwinter day) 2010
(click to enlarge)

"In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan, 

Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone;"

~ Christina Rossetti

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The first day of winter

Yesterday was the 1st of June - the first day, officially, of our Southern hemisphere winter. 

I had a "personal day" away from school; it was a perfect clear blue-sky day, and I took my 

camera along on a bit of a road trip.

It was very low tide at the inlet where I stopped for a late lunch

boats waited in line for the tide to come in

 

I stopped near a small bridge. There was colour at the side of the road

and in the sunlight through the trees

but the trees by the river know what season it is

At my final stop the tide was starting to come in, and keen fishermen 

were putting their boats into the water

a shag watched the activity

until I came too close

by now the light was getting low; time for me to head home.

"Don't be fooled by the calendar. There are only as many 

days in the year as you make use of."  ~ Charles Richards

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Five things I can totally live without

1. Sir(!) Cliff Richard

 Seriously. Is this not just one of those margarine carvings? 

AND: 'Summer Holiday' has to be the second-worst song of all time. *

2. Winter

I did a Google image search for winter pictures. Yep, there they all were - snowy, pretty, chocolate-boxy-Christmas-cardy pics of snow. And ice. And snow and ice.

Well, we don't have winters like that where I live. We have dankness,
cold, darkness, rain, wind - with the occasional crisp frost followed
by a sunny yet bitingly-cold day.

Winter makes me miserable and depressed; that's why I chose the illustration above. Ban Winter, I say!

3. Flies

I know, I know - they do a useful job of getting rid of
decomposing stuff etc etc.

I don't need them in my house, or anywhere in my vicinity. Thank you.

4. Unnecessary packaging

Need I say more?

5. Vileness

Who taught him to do this, I wonder?

* The position of first-worst is still open... suggestions are welcome

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